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Exiting shareholders Golden Partner and its affiliates have subscribed to an additional CHF3.5 million shares in energy storage solutions specialist Leclanché.
At the same time key shareholders Bruellan and Trialford have converted their respective CHF1 million and CHF0.5 million convertible notes into equity.
Leclanché says it is now working with its existing shareholders to raise the required capital to finance its growth plan, following two successful years of expansion. Funding options include a rights issue, private placement with institutional shareholders and a dual-listing on a North American exchange. As per Leclanché’s announcement on 7 June, exploratory discussions to list
OMERS Private Equity is to acquire a minority stake in National Veterinary Associates (NVA).
The transaction is in partnership with NVA’s leadership team and funds affiliated with Ares Management (NYSE:ARES), which will continue as the majority equityholder of NVA. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2017, subject to certain closing conditions.
NVA is the largest independent owner-operator of veterinary hospitals, pet boarding and daycare centres in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with 502 locations and more than 1,800 affiliated veterinarians. NVA partners with
Palatine Private Equity has invested in TTC Group, a provider of road user and cycling education courses in the UK.
The transaction was introduced by EY Corporate Finance in Birmingham who advised the shareholders. The deal sees Palatine back current MD, Jim Kirkwood and his team, and is the second investment from Palatine’s Midlands office within 18 months of opening.
TTC, founded in 2000 by Graham and Jenny Wynn, provides national speed awareness courses as well as a full suite of other driver training, compliance and education courses across the UK. Having won its first police force contract in
The private debt fundraising market saw 26 funds reach a final close in the second quarter of 2017, securing a total of USD16 billion in investor commitments.
Preqin expects these figures to rise by around 10 per cent as further information becomes available, putting the quarter behind the strong activity seen in the first quarter of the year. However, private debt funds marked a record fundraising quarter in Q4 2016, and this momentum seems to have been somewhat sustained through the first half of the year. In total, private debt funds have now raised over USD100 billion in the past
Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners (TSG) has named Jessica Duran Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director, effective 5 July, 2017. Duran succeeds Wallace Wertsch, who will remain with TSG as an advisor.
“We are excited to welcome Jessica to the TSG team,” says Chuck Esserman, CEO and Founder of TSG Consumer Partners. “Her financial acumen and experience working with a wide variety of private equity firms and funds will help us better serve our investors and support our partner companies.
“On behalf of the entire TSG team, we’d like to thank Wally for his significant
Altitude Partners, the regional private equity firm, is raising of its second regional fund from high net worth investors and family offices, following a further successful exit from its maiden fund.
The boutique investor has sold Gradwell Communications (Gradwell) to a Buy-in Management Buy Out team backed by Chiltern Capital, generating a return of 2.7x. Altitude invested a GBP1.1 million in the business in 2012.
Bath based Gradwell was an early developer of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony in the UK, before diversifying into cloud-based services and connectivity for SMEs following Altitude’s investment.
Altitude also exited The
SEI has acquired Archway Technology Partners, a provider of operating technologies and services to the family office industry and the institutions who service that market.
SEI says the move will allow it to better serve the family office segment, and address additional verticals, including institutions, investment advisors, private banks, hedge funds, and private equity funds.
“This announcement represents a modest shift in SEI’s long-held belief in purely organic growth. We believe there is value in growing through carefully considered strategic acquisitions that add to our expanding geographic footprint, market reach, platform functionality and expertise,” says Alfred P West, J, Chairman and
There’s a lot hackers can do to wreak havoc for private equity and other investment firms – and it extends far beyond forcing users to change their passwords. In fact, with their roguish hands on the right information, the consequences can be downright destructive for a firm’s business operations and integrity.
Systems & network access
Of course, with stolen passwords and login credentials, hackers can gain access to company systems and networks – not an insignificant feat. Unfortunately, we’ve seen many cases over the years where users rely on reused passwords across multiple systems – meaning when a hacker deciphers
The global infrastructure deals market saw 277 deals announced in Q2, worth a combined USD51 billion, according to figures released by Preqin. The company expects these figures to rise by around 5 per cent as further information becomes available, but nevertheless, this represents a significant slowdown in activity in 2017 so far.
Every quarter from Q3 2015 to Q4 2016 saw total deal values exceed USD100 billion, but neither quarter of 2017 has approached this level of activity, with Q1 recording 373 deals for USD90 billion, and Q2 failing to meet that level. In fact, the second quarter of 2017
Scott D Peterman (pictured), has joined Orrick as a partner in the firm’s M&A and private equity practice in Hong Kong.
Peterman, who joins from Jones Day, is the sixth partner to join Orrick’s global M&A practice over the past year and will be the firm’s fifth partner in Hong Kong. Last month, the firm announced the addition of Mark Lehmkuhler, a former Davis Polk partner, to our M&A practice in Hong Kong.
“The addition of Scott and Mark are two great steps forward in advancing our Greater China strategy,” says Xiang Wang, Orrick’s Asia Managing Partner. “They add
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